Wake Forest Sustainability 101
Nearly everything we do impacts our environment in some way. Wake Forest encourages residents to thoughtfully manage, preserve, and enhance the natural environment. After all, our high-quality environment supports our high quality of life!
A healthy environment fosters livable spaces, provides clean and cool air, increases property values, decreases energy costs, reduces flooding, combats climate change, builds resiliency, and creates connections between citizens and the outdoor world.
What is Sustainability?
Sustainable practices support ecological, human, and economic health and vitality.
Sustainability presumes that resources are finite, and should be used conservatively and wisely with a view to long-term priorities and consequences of the ways in which resources are used. In simplest terms, sustainability is about our children and our grandchildren, and the world we will leave them.
Wake Forest Sustainability 101
Join us for our Wake Forest Sustainability 101 education series to learn more about ways you can benefit yourself, your family and your community.
From September 27, 2023, through July 24, 2024, Wake Forest will host six one-hour classes designed to help you reduce your environmental footprint.
Free and open to the public, each class is scheduled from 6:30-7:30 p.m. and limited to the first 20 people to register.
Please note: Registrants may enroll in one or more classes and are not required to sign up for the entire series.
2023-24 Course Schedule
Composting 101 - Wednesday, Sept. 27
Public Works Operations Center, 234 Friendship Chapel Road
Composting helps combat food waste and helps to benefit our soil. If you're a fan of gardening and being green, then this course is for you!
Learn the basics of composting from a Wake County Master Gardner.
Learn how to easily and properly compost in your own backyard.
Put your name in the drawing at the event for the chance to win a compost bin to take home!
Recycle Right - Wednesday, Nov. 15
Wake Forest Town Hall, Ground Floor Meeting Room, 301 S. Brooks St.
Learn about the recycling program here in Wake Forest.
Get the details of what can and cannot go into the curbside cart for recycling and why it cannot be recycled.
Learn how a Material Recovery Facility operates and understand the complexities of the recycling stream.
Put your name in the drawing at the event for the chance to win a prize to take home!
Understanding Waste - Wednesday, Jan. 31
Wake Forest Town Hall, Ground Floor Meeting Room, 301 S. Brooks St.
Learn about our waste stream, understand the importance of waste diversion, but more importantly, waste reduction.
Understand where your waste goes, the future of waste disposal, and the impacts it has on the consumer and community.
Put your name in the drawing at the event for the chance to win a prize take home!
Earth Day Education - Wednesday, March 20
Public Works Operations Center, 234 Friendship Chapel Road
Explore opportunities for education about Earth Day. Take home educational resources for adults and children.
Learn about the history of Earth Day and why it is such a largely celebrated event across the globe.
Gather resources and education about waste reduction, sustainable practices, environmental efforts, clean communities, and much more.
Put your name in the drawing at the event for the chance to win a prize take home!
Communities Combating Litter - Wednesday, May 22
Wake Forest Town Hall, Ground Floor Meeting Room, 301 S. Brooks St.
Explore opportunities of litter reduction in the Wake Forest community.
Learn about ways to get involved with litter prevention and how to engage others in the litter reduction goals.
Understand the reasoning behind litter and what we can do to help prevent it in the Wake Forest community.
Put your name in the drawing at the event for the chance to win a prize take home!
Creating Household Food Circularity - Wednesday, July 24
Public Works Operations Center, 234 Friendship Chapel Road
Join us as we grow more food from scraps, discuss composting options for food waste, and additional opportunities to divert food scraps from the landfill. Let's discuss how to make your food use at home more sustainable and waste free.
Put your name in the drawing at the event for the chance to win a prize take home!